Tag: food safety/FSMA
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Court Unsympathetic to FDA Pleas for Delay in FSMA Rulemaking
A federal court in California has determined that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not met the standard for the court to issue an order amending the deadlines set forth in its June 2013 order for promulgating and finalizing implementing regulations under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). Ctr. for Food Safety v.…
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Advocates Counter FDA Request for FSMA Rulemaking Deadline Extensions
The Center for Food Safety has filed its reply to the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) request that a federal court in California reconsider the Food Safety Modernization Act implementation rulemaking deadlines it established for the agency. Ctr. for Food Safety v. Hamburg, No. 12-4529 (N.D. Cal., filed August 2, 2013). Additional information about FDA’s…
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FDA Seeks More Time to Promulgate Two Food Safety Regulations
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has filed a motion for reconsideration or stay of a court order establishing rulemaking deadlines under the Food Safety Modernization Act. Ctr. for Food Safety v. Hamburg, No. 12-4529 (N.D. Cal., Oakland Div., motion filed July 19, 2013). More information about the litigation appears in Issues 481, 487…
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FDA Proposes Two Rules to Increase Imported Food Safety
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed two rules under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) for verifying foreign suppliers and accrediting third-party auditors. Part of the agency’s effort “to ensure that imported food meets the same safety standards as food produced in the United States,” the proposed rules would (i) require importers to verify “that their foreign suppliers…
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Comment Focuses on FSMA’s Potential Effects on Litigation
A recently published law review comment contends that food makers should not be concerned that the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) will increase food borne illness-related litigation or make it easier for plaintiffs to succeed. David Benton, “The Impact of Mandatory Recalls on Negligence and Product Liability Litigation Under the Food Safety Modernization Act,” San…
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Court Imposes Food Safety Rulemaking Deadline on FDA
Finding the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) proposed “target time-frames” “an inadequate response to the request that the parties submit a proposal regarding deadlines that can form the basis of an injunction,” a federal court in California will require the agency to publish all proposed regulations required under the Food Safety Modernization Act by November…
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Cantaloupe Producers Launch Food Safety Program
The California Cantaloupe Advisory Board (CCAB) has launched a new food-safety program that requires government audits of all cantaloupe production activities. Described by CCAB as “the only mandatory food-safety program that requires government audits of all cantaloupe production activities,” the program invites government auditors to inspect all aspects of operations including growing, harvesting, packing, and cooling…
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Advocates Spar with FDA over FSMA Rulemaking Deadlines
The Center for Food Safety and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have filed separate proposals to implement a court order requiring the agency to complete its rulemaking under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) after finding that FDA had violated the law by failing to meet its rulemaking deadlines. Ctr. for Food Safety v.…